Tricare Help: How can I prove baby is covered?
A. Your brother can get all the information he needs by visiting the ID Card/Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System office on any military installation or by calling the main DEERS support...
View ArticleKevlar for the Mind: MMA, yoga may offer benefits as PTSD treatment
The military spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year on mental health research and care.
View ArticleSenators: Let rural vets use Indian Health Service
The success of an Alaska program that gives veterans the option of being treated at Indian Health Service clinics could be a model for other states, said Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska.
View ArticleArmy Corps of Engineers promotes STEM careers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to encourage veterans, children of active-duty service members and others to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math, in the...
View ArticlePathologist: Fort Hood victims shot numerous times
A civilian who tried to stop the gunman during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood was shot six times, and one of the soldiers killed in the attack was likely shot while lying on the ground, a...
View ArticleFemale soldier asks pop star Pink to Army ball, 'pretty, pretty please'
The singer Pink is the latest celebrity to receive an invitation to a military ball - this time from a female soldier in Afghanistan who put a new, musical twist on her invite.
View ArticleFBI says it can't reinstate ex-soldier until 2015
An FBI official on Wednesday told a judge that a Virginia man who won a discrimination lawsuit against the bureau can't be reinstated as a special agent until 2015 because of budget cuts.
View ArticleMan sentenced to 10 years in rape at Ft. Meade
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a minor in a home on Fort Meade.
View ArticleUSAF report on unmanned aircraft due in Sept.
The head of the Air Force's remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) Capabilities Division expects a major review to be complete by the end of September.
View ArticleOfficial: Funding for JLTV testing could dry up next summer
Due to funding cuts, program managers for the next-generation light infantry vehicle being designed for the Army and Marine Corps are preparing to take a calculated gamble with the program's testing...
View ArticleU.S.: Egypt violence 'serious blow' to peace efforts
In a stern warning to Egypt's leaders, Secretary of State John Kerry said the escalating violence throughout the country Wednesday had dealt a 'serious blow' to political reconciliation efforts between...
View ArticleManning takes stand, apologizes for hurting U.S.
Pfc. Bradley Manning took the stand Wednesday at his sentencing hearing in the WikiLeaks case and apologized for hurting his country, pleading with a military judge for a chance to go to college and...
View ArticleReserve trims re-up bonus list
The Navy Reserve has released the first update to re-enlistment bonuses in more than a year and a half, adding two brand-new ratings, tweaking some existing rating/skill/paygrade combinations and...
View ArticleSource: Four sailors to fight punishment tied to diving deaths
Four sailors have refused non-judicial punishments stemming from the drowning deaths of two divers during February training at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., a source tells Navy Times.
View ArticleMember of Old Guard arrested in child sex case
A member of the Old Guard Caisson Platoon is being implicated in a child sex scandal, police tell WUSA9.
View ArticleNavy vet leading legal effort for gay benefits
An 18-year Navy veteran from Norwich is joining forces with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to try to persuade the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to abide by a recent U.S.
View ArticleHagel looks to cut impact of Obama remarks on sex assault
In a highly unusual move to blunt the legal impact of the president's comments on military sexual assaults, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is ordering his top leaders to be sure to only base their...
View ArticleDoD to allow transfer, reassignment of troops accused of sexual assault
Troops accused of sexual assault may be abruptly reassigned or transferred during a pre-trial investigation, a measure intended to reduce the potential for contact between victims and alleged...
View ArticlePre-deployment processing moves to Bliss
Individual soldiers and Army civilians preparing to go downrange will now go to Fort Bliss, Texas, for pre-deployment processing.
View ArticleBystander intervention: Sailors get message, but aren't eager to 'tattle'
The Navy is touting 'bystander intervention' as a positive way to reduce sexual assaults in the fleet, and bad behavior in general.
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